Historical place profile
Marakanda
Marakanda (now Samarkand in Uzbekistan) was a major ancient settlement founded ca. 700 BC by the Sogdians. Alexander the Great conquered Marakanda during his eastern campaigns.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:59915
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:59915
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.656498, 66.947223
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Marakanda (now Samarkand in Uzbekistan) was a major ancient settlement founded ca. 700 BC by the Sogdians. Alexander the Great conquered Marakanda during his eastern campaigns.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B2 Marakanda
Source and reuse
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Research path
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